Genre: Serial Killer/Sci-Fi Premise: A former music therapist is recruited to use a mysterious machine to dive into the memories of a serial killer on death row. About: This is the writer’s SECOND time being on The Black List. The first time was with The Traveler. Writer: Austin Everett Details: 119 pages Mila for Kimball […]

Lots of possibilities for you and Scriptshadow Productions today so make sure to read the whole post! CONGRATS TO MAELSTROM! A big congrats to Stephen Parker, writer of Maelstrom. He won this weekend’s High Concept Showdown. Here’s his logline: “When a freak storm hits a couples therapy retreat and turns all men in its path […]

Oh man, going through these loglines was equal parts awesome, frustrating, flabbergasting, and hilarious. One of my biggest laughs happened when I read this logline: “The search for a cure lands a doctor and her terminally ill husband alone on a boat, in a fight for their lives when the ‘super steroid pills’ intended for him are eaten by […]

I’m currently editing a screenplay, something I haven’t done in a while. And one of the things I’ve become obsessed with during the process is script rhythm. What is rhythm? Rhythm is the pacing of a script. It’s a combination of how long scenes last and how you balance longer and shorter scenes. One of […]

Genre: Action/Supernatural Premise: Based on one of the most famous video games in history, an aging amateur boxer is called upon to fight in an ancient tournament that takes place in multiple dimensions. About: Greg Russo, who has upwards of TWELVE projects in development, will call Mortal Kombat his first official produced credit. When asked […]